BLOOMING BUDS SCHOOL, MOGA CLASS-12 HOLIDAYS HOME WORK ENGLISH 1, READ THE FOLLOWING EXTRACT AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS GIVEN BELOW: It would be an exotic moment without rush, without engines, we would all be together in a sudden strangeness. Fishermen in the cold sea would not harm whales and the man gathering salt would look at his hurt hands. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS: Q. 1. What would be an exotic moment for man? Q. 2. How would man be together in a sudden strangeness? Q. 3. What is the ultimate expectation of the poet from all human beings? Q. 4. What alternative does Pablo Neruda suggest instead of indulging in wars? 2. READ THE FOLLOWING EXTRACT AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS GIVEN BELOW: THE presidents of the New York Central and the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroads will swear on a stack of timetables that there are only two. But | say there are three, because I've been on the third level of the Grand Central Station. Yes, I've taken the obvious step: | talked to a psychiatrist friend of mine, among others. | told him about the third level at Grand Central Station and he said it was a waking dream wish fulfillment. He said | was unhappy. That made my wife kind of mad, but he explained that he meant the modern world is full of insecurity, fear, war, worry and all the rest of it, and that | just want to escape. Well, who doesn't? Everybody | know wants to escape, but they don't wander down into any third level at Grand Central Station. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS: Q1 What did Charley find at the Grand Central Station? Q2 What does the third level refer to? Q3 What would you describe as your “waking-dream wish fulfillment”? Explain. Q5 When and how did Charley find the letter of Sam? 3. Write down the following value based question answers: 1. The bangle-makers of Firozabad make beautiful bangles and make everyone happy but they live and die in squalor. Elaborate. 2. What kind of life did Saheb lead at Seemapuri?2 pen 10. Notice Writing What did the French teacher tell his students in his last French lesson? What impact did it have on them? Why? Our language is part of our culture and we are proud of it. Describe how regretful M.Hamel and the village elders are for having neglected their native language, French. How did the Tiger King meet his end? What is ironical about his fate? Even today so many among us believe in superstitions. An astrologer predicted about The Tiger King’ that he would be killed by a tiger. He ‘killed’ one hundred tigers yet was himself ‘killed’ by a tiger. How did the superstitious belief ‘prevail’? How, according to Neruda, can keeping quiet change our attitude to life? Bring out the significance of the title “My Mother at Sixty Six”? “Life is what is all about.......”. How is Keeping Quiet related to life? Give a character sketch of “The Tiger King” 1. As Student Editor, draft notice in not more than 50 words for your school notice board inviting articles from the students for your school magazine. You are RohaiVRupini of Vasant Vihar School, Pune. 2. You are Amar/Amrita, Secretary, Cultural Club, Aryamba Public School, Kochi. A charity show has been arranged in your school in aid of cancer patients. Write a notice to be displayed on the school notice board informing the students of the show and asking them to cooperate and make it a success. Draft the notice in about 50 words giving all necessary details. Invitation Writing: 1. As Secretary of the Literary Club of St. Anne’s School, Ahmadabad, draft a formal invitation in not more than 50 words for the inauguration of the club in your school. 2. You have received an invitation to be the judge for a literary competition in St. Ann’s School. Send a reply in not more than 50 words, confirming your acceptance. You are Mohan/Mohini. Assignment: a Explain the following Poetic Devices: a. Simile b. Metaphor c. _ Personification d. —Alliteration e. Oxymoron f. Allusion g. Allegory 2. Make an assignment regarding the topic- “Science as an Social Enterprise”3. Make an assignment on the Types of Social Responsibilities.